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can mitt romney win? >> i would say yes, pennsylvania's in play, and i think pennsylvania's probably the best bell weather of what happened over the last three weeks because as they tell you, i mean, neither campaign is particularly active in pennsylvania. they are not running 5 lot of television ads, have not because both campaigns thought it was going to be in the obama camp, and felt that an expensive state like pence, one for republicans, called fool's gold for a long time, that governor romney was not going to extend the resources. what happened in pennsylvania to move it from clearly a double digit race to a handful race or less, really was a national movement, not anything that the campaigns were doing in the states, and so, i make the argument that one of the reasons we have not seen the race change much in the swing states is because there's an intense race going on. in a race where there isn't that, you see movement. pennsylvania's one of those states. the question here is, you know, who is goin
can mitt romney win? >> i would say yes, pennsylvania's in play, and i think pennsylvania's probably the best bell weather of what happened over the last three weeks because as they tell you, i mean, neither campaign is particularly active in pennsylvania. they are not running 5 lot of television ads, have not because both campaigns thought it was going to be in the obama camp, and felt that an expensive state like pence, one for republicans, called fool's gold for a long time, that...
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if romney is elected, i think the -- it shifts. i think in fairness to the new president, and probably realistically. everyone will say either, okay, it's his problem or thank good rnses it's his -- goodness it's his problem, he'll deal with it, and this will be a january 20th more of a scenario where some of the work is done by the transition behind the scenes starting to cobble together some of the potential solutions and answers, and that it's the first thing tackled by the congress after thetic august ration of -- ic nothing -- innothing ration of the president. they would probably look similar in the way they approach it, i guess, in final analysis. i opponents are bipartisan, you know, everyone has skin in the game giving up a little bit, and they do it quickly, and it's real. it's not something that, you know, well, this is a budget that takes effect a year from now. it's something that works -- starts working, and there's a down payment immediately real in bending the curve of the debt to gdp rash -- ratio over the next ten
if romney is elected, i think the -- it shifts. i think in fairness to the new president, and probably realistically. everyone will say either, okay, it's his problem or thank good rnses it's his -- goodness it's his problem, he'll deal with it, and this will be a january 20th more of a scenario where some of the work is done by the transition behind the scenes starting to cobble together some of the potential solutions and answers, and that it's the first thing tackled by the congress after...
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will be interesting to see if mitt romney is selected if he governs as the mitt romney of the primaries, this group will be fairly pleased. at the very heart of the standards are very high and the compromises to whack him. if he governs as the mitt romney of debate, or attacking george w. bush territory or worse. but the first thing he does is made to compromise, watch out. when i talk to them about this, at least to people in relative leadership roles, david kirby should talk about this, too. but they were very well aware that the republican party wants to co-opt them. and their view is we got suckered before by being co-opted by a party. we are going to stay outside them are going to keep a close eye on them so were always prepared to whack them. that's what they said. we didn't see the same type of really local level where they tried to take over local level offices. the tea party did this occupy wall street and it died not see the same type of activity. a lot of times you didn't even see it. the fact that ted cruz out of texas one the republican nomination is because of the local te
will be interesting to see if mitt romney is selected if he governs as the mitt romney of the primaries, this group will be fairly pleased. at the very heart of the standards are very high and the compromises to whack him. if he governs as the mitt romney of debate, or attacking george w. bush territory or worse. but the first thing he does is made to compromise, watch out. when i talk to them about this, at least to people in relative leadership roles, david kirby should talk about this, too....
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everybody keeps saying romney. romney should do this lay out the agenda. i suspected the democrats have been solid in the support of barack obama, i would say, maybe a little less critical at least in public. it i were a democrat who wished him well i thought maybe he should be doing a little more to lie out a positive agenda. i think he's at some risk now of looking like an incumbent who is coast to victory, perhaps by discrediting his 0 font 51% lek rate. it might work. one will be able to discredit the other one. -- two me two weeks ago what would have happened? i would have thought the numbers would be worse for romney. >> okay. up here in the front row. we have a question. there's a microphone coming over to you. give us your name and organization. >> stefanie with the financial times. i'm curious about what you prededucted dynamic the would be between governor romney elected between him and paul ryan and the vice president and dealing with the house and obviously you'd to deal with harry reid he's the majority leader or the minority not having the fi
everybody keeps saying romney. romney should do this lay out the agenda. i suspected the democrats have been solid in the support of barack obama, i would say, maybe a little less critical at least in public. it i were a democrat who wished him well i thought maybe he should be doing a little more to lie out a positive agenda. i think he's at some risk now of looking like an incumbent who is coast to victory, perhaps by discrediting his 0 font 51% lek rate. it might work. one will be able to...
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governor romney's record, governor perry of texas wasn't terribly impressed with governor romney's job creation record as governor of massachusetts and if you listened to his rhetoric today, get the government out of the way, lower the tax rate, let small business go, at least to my ears and the ears of at least one person in the last debate, that sounds very much like george w. bush told news 2000 and we wound up with the worst job creation record in manufacturing and lost 5.5 million jobs in that decade, the worth growth rate of seven decades -- >> until this one. >> but this is part of it. if you were an mist can separate these thinks, that's interesting. from to 2000 to 2007, the worstb creation, and you lost 59,000 industrial plants. the very thing that governor romney is talking about doing paid off terribly. >> i'd like know where you get the statistics? because having lived inside the administration and being responsible for manufacturing, and what policy approaches we adopted, and understanding what we were doing taxwise in response to a recession we inherited from the clinton
governor romney's record, governor perry of texas wasn't terribly impressed with governor romney's job creation record as governor of massachusetts and if you listened to his rhetoric today, get the government out of the way, lower the tax rate, let small business go, at least to my ears and the ears of at least one person in the last debate, that sounds very much like george w. bush told news 2000 and we wound up with the worst job creation record in manufacturing and lost 5.5 million jobs in...
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romney's few. it's not. but some are elated that is what we're going to have to go to. >> the last of questions. it talks about new actors in the rise of china. you might also characterize it as the emergence of new competitors, new rivals, both in terms of economics and our. tom rowe in his last book china is even the most of its authoritarian as some. by contrast we're getting only 50 percent of the potential benefits from our first-rate democratic system. john brokaw might be possible for a chance to overtake the united states alone, but it is much less likely if china will ever managed to overtake the west in order. i would like to go to you on that and then open the sub. >> i have always thought that the discussion of u.s.-chinese relations amidst the fact that china is not just facing the united states, but the larger system which we have been talking about tonight. that larger system is huge, and it is -- it has liberal characteristics. it has realistic geopolitical characteristics because it is fille
romney's few. it's not. but some are elated that is what we're going to have to go to. >> the last of questions. it talks about new actors in the rise of china. you might also characterize it as the emergence of new competitors, new rivals, both in terms of economics and our. tom rowe in his last book china is even the most of its authoritarian as some. by contrast we're getting only 50 percent of the potential benefits from our first-rate democratic system. john brokaw might be possible...
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that romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. [cheers and applause] who we are not buying it. >> i watch two programs on c-span. every presidential election year, when you show your old conventions beaches in your debates, and that's a great service you guys offer. i thought the memory of being eight years old and watching the old conventions. for a political junkie like me, that's great. the fact he do that with debates is wonderful. the fact you focus on a wide range of public policy issues, there's something for everybody, whether interested in national security, housing policy comes something that the economy. i like that you guys cover topsoil that is covered. >> now, debate between the candidates for arizona's ninth congressional district. former democratic state senator, kyrsten sinema and vernon parker, the city council approved the ninth district resided in arizona after the 2010th insists. it includes 10:00 p.m. part of phoenix, scottsdale, mesa and chandler. my mod back to >> good evening and welcome to the special abo
that romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal. [cheers and applause] who we are not buying it. >> i watch two programs on c-span. every presidential election year, when you show your old conventions beaches in your debates, and that's a great service you guys offer. i thought the memory of being eight years old and watching the old conventions. for a political junkie like me, that's great. the fact he do that with debates is wonderful. the fact you focus on a wide range of public...
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romney. >> if i were talking about immigration. >> affected every sit down, governor romney, thank you. >> president bush and i are different people and these are different times and that is why my five-point plan is so different than what he would've done. for instance, we can have the virtue of new technology actually get all the energy we need in north america without going to the arabs or venezuelans anyone else. that's why my policy starts with a very robust policy to get all that energy in north america and become energy secure. number two, trade. all crackdown on china, president bush didn't. automatically expand trade in latin america. it's got about 12% of a long period of time. i want to add more free-trade agreements to to have more trade. number three, i'm going to get us to a balanced budget. president bush didn't. president obama was right. he said that was outrageous to have deficits as high as half a trillion dollars under the bush years. he was right, but then he put in place deficits twice that size. for every one of his four years in the forecast for the next four ye
romney. >> if i were talking about immigration. >> affected every sit down, governor romney, thank you. >> president bush and i are different people and these are different times and that is why my five-point plan is so different than what he would've done. for instance, we can have the virtue of new technology actually get all the energy we need in north america without going to the arabs or venezuelans anyone else. that's why my policy starts with a very robust policy to get...
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his opponent governor romney is against that. he's against the regulation doubling car mileage that management, labor, and the environmental groups are all for. why? he says your cars will cost more. well, they will cost a little more in the beginning, but all the studies show that over the life of the car, you net thousand of dollars in savings once we cut the gas bill in half. [applause] truth is, there are some people who don't want you to get your gas usage in half. [laughter] follow the money. look, you get the picture. the choice is between we're all in this together and you're on your own. between a country where the government and the private sector working in partnership to create a new american economy, or one where advertisers work to keep your torn up and upset all the time to convince you the government is the source of all evil and mess up a two-car parade. the choice is believing that we are better off when we work for shared prosperity because too much inequality is a severe con strainlt on economic growth for eve
his opponent governor romney is against that. he's against the regulation doubling car mileage that management, labor, and the environmental groups are all for. why? he says your cars will cost more. well, they will cost a little more in the beginning, but all the studies show that over the life of the car, you net thousand of dollars in savings once we cut the gas bill in half. [applause] truth is, there are some people who don't want you to get your gas usage in half. [laughter] follow the...
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tuesday night, watch president obama and mitt romney in their debates. c-span's live cocoverage starts at 7 eastern. >>> tuesday, there was a session on the fiscal cliff, spending cuts, and tax increases scheduled to take effect in january 2013. speakers include peter, republican congressman from illinois, and alson schwartz, a democrat from pennsylvania here op c-span2. later, the american enterprise institute hears from the education advisers for the obama and romney campaigns to discuss their candidate's policy plans live at 4:30 eastern here on c-span2. >> i watch c-span because when i want to get familiar without a lot of talking and pundits adding their point of view, i can get the original script from a person, and then i can come to my own cop collusion. c-span, c-span2, and c-span 2; c-span2 is booktv which i love, and c-span2 is history, and sometimes i want to visit the senate and see what the house is doing. that's c-span too. >> she watches c-span on verizon, c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979 brought to you as a public ser
tuesday night, watch president obama and mitt romney in their debates. c-span's live cocoverage starts at 7 eastern. >>> tuesday, there was a session on the fiscal cliff, spending cuts, and tax increases scheduled to take effect in january 2013. speakers include peter, republican congressman from illinois, and alson schwartz, a democrat from pennsylvania here op c-span2. later, the american enterprise institute hears from the education advisers for the obama and romney campaigns to...
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romney. every three economy has good regulation at the same time it can be excessive. the dodd/frank has a number prohibitions with unintended consequences that are harmful for the economy and killing regional small banks five would repeal and replace it. >> president obama it is because of reckless behavior on wall street putting mean street address we had to step and nfl since the 1930's so the question think we have to much oversight? senator warner of virginia, congress never gets it rice with massive reform legislation the first time through. you head out then you come back to do it correctly. secretary of treasury tim geithner. >> with strong defense of the dodd/frank act. remember the financial crisis of 2008 you read of the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on lobbyist to repeal financial reform. they're not perfect but in place would have limited the financial crisis. basel iii capital and -- requirements and burdens were intended for our big banks would effectively put community banks out of business. interestingly enough former city group executive
romney. every three economy has good regulation at the same time it can be excessive. the dodd/frank has a number prohibitions with unintended consequences that are harmful for the economy and killing regional small banks five would repeal and replace it. >> president obama it is because of reckless behavior on wall street putting mean street address we had to step and nfl since the 1930's so the question think we have to much oversight? senator warner of virginia, congress never gets it...
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romney and president obama and the fact checkers are having eighth field day. i'd like to sort out the facts. we heard from congressman latham about the affordable care act was savings and cuts to providers. why is that a good idea? boswell: it is to give us time to work on it. nobody is denied medicare. when they started them up they were making big profits. we did that with the affordable care act. it extended the life tenure is. if you turnover, 2016 it is gone. we're back to the 40 million was no insurance insurance, pre-existing coverage come a children not covered and nobody wants to go back. that is what 1/2 been if you want to turn over. and we have the bill. it is out there almost two years nicaea -- i do not see the single co-sponsor. how sincere are you? latham: there are many bills out there boswell: yours has been out there in committee with no co-sponsors. it seems there is a weakness of what you be the fed latham: not at all. latham: do you have the bill congressman boswell? boswell: in the affordable care act. does need some tweeting but the aff
romney and president obama and the fact checkers are having eighth field day. i'd like to sort out the facts. we heard from congressman latham about the affordable care act was savings and cuts to providers. why is that a good idea? boswell: it is to give us time to work on it. nobody is denied medicare. when they started them up they were making big profits. we did that with the affordable care act. it extended the life tenure is. if you turnover, 2016 it is gone. we're back to the 40 million...
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what about romney administration? what sorts of proposal, if any, have been articulated? >> well, let me make it clear that i did not say that there had been a proposal by the administration. they produced a long awaited white paper in january of 2011. a government solution, he plans solution, or a hybrid solution. i am not being facetious in saying that. so we haven't had a proposal from either side. the mortgage market has changed because of that and i think that the republicans and the administration, as they came in, would want to go more towards a free-market kind of solution without any gse. i would hope that the suggestion that i made and the mortgage bankers association made would be seen as something that both sides could live with, and that it is largely a private capital solution. there is not a freddie or fannie. they're our are capital companies that are competing to have the ability to pay a premium in order to get a government guarantee of their underlying security. i would hope that that would seem is enough of a free-market solution that republicans would
what about romney administration? what sorts of proposal, if any, have been articulated? >> well, let me make it clear that i did not say that there had been a proposal by the administration. they produced a long awaited white paper in january of 2011. a government solution, he plans solution, or a hybrid solution. i am not being facetious in saying that. so we haven't had a proposal from either side. the mortgage market has changed because of that and i think that the republicans and the...